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BLIND. N0. 360,523. Patented Apr. 5, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

JACOB B. HARTMAN, OF VOOSTER, OHIO.

BLIND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,523, dated April 5,1887.

Application filed July ll, 1885.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, .Ireen B. HARTMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Window-Blind, of which the following is aspecification.

My improvement relates to inside windowblinds which slide up and downalong the window-jambs inside the sashes in longitudinal grooves, theobject being to provide a device of this character that will be cheapand durable in its construction.

My invention consists in combining with the window-frame a pocket forstoring the blindsections, separable extended guide-strips, and anadjustable panel-back.

My invention further consists in the details of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in theclaims. I attain these objects by the devices illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which* Figure lis a front view of a window, apanelback, and window-sill, the several blind-sections being inclosed inthe recess or pocket thus formed behind the panel-back and sill bclowthe window. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the saine on the linea". m. Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal section of the same on the lineg/ 1/.- Fig. 4 shows the sill opened by a lid exposing the upper ends ofthe several blind-sections and panel-back. Fig. 5 is a view of myadjustable vertically-sliding panelback withdrawn from the guide-strips.

Referring to the drawings, F are the jambs of an ordinary window-frame.

J are separable guide-stri ps secured upon the jambs, provided with aseries of longitudinal grooves, e, to receive and guide the severalsliding sections.

A B R indicate several sections of sliding blinds,such as heretoforeused for similar purposes.

P is a panel-back, which is made to take the place of a slidingblind-section, and for such purpose is independent of the sill. As suchit is adapted to slide vertically past the sill in any of the series ofgrooves-1v, and to be placed in any desired position in the window.

C is a window-sill, which is provided with a longitudinal opening,through which the blinds are passed into the pocket under the sill. Thisserial No. 171,371.

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opening may bc covered by means of the lid L, which is hinged to openand close at pleasure,leaving the sillstationary in the frame, insteadof connecting it with the innermost section and elevating the entiresill with the section to which it is attached, as has heretofore beendone.

I am aware that it is old to arrange doors and window-sashes so thatthey can be slid down below the level of the floor, and I lay no claimthereto, as such arrangement does notk in any way answer thepurposes ofmyinvention; also, that it is not new to carry the blinds below thewindow along grooves formed in the jambs extended below the window forsuch purpose.

Heretofore separable guide-strips have been limited to the space betweenthe window-sill and the `top of the window, and I do not claim such. Myimprovement lies in the use of separable guide-strips attachable uponthe j ambs J, and extended through and beyond the lower sill of thewindow, to carry the blinds out of the way of the saine, so as not toobstruct the light as heretofore.

It will also be seen that my device affords the double advantage of astationary sill entirely independent of the several blind-sections, aswell as a suitable pocket for storing the blinds; also, by providing apanel-back to take the place of one of the sliding blinds adjacent tothe sill when the panel-back is in position below the sill and the lid Lis closed, the several blind-sections may be either in positiou in thewindow or stored in the pocket behind the vertically-movable panel-back;or, if preferred, the panel-back may be "placed above the sill, leavingone or more of the several blinds stored below the sill. To accommodatethe blinds and provide a pocket therefor either above or below thewindow, a recess is made in the wall sufficient to allow the separableextended guide-strips J to carry the sliding sections out of the way ofthe window, as aforesaid.

I am aware that heretoforeastationary panelback has been employed withsliding blindsections and guide-strips; hence I make no claim to such acombination; but,

Having thus -fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with the stationary sill IOC:

C, provided with an opening, L, to allow the back, P, whereby one ormore of the blind-71o Several sliding sections to pass through theSections may be concealed below the sill, subsame, of the adjustablepanel-back P and the stantially as described. separable extendedguide-strips J, to form a In testimony whereof Ihereunto set my hand 5pocket for the blinds, substantially as set forth. in presence of twoWitnesses.

Y2. The combination, with a window-frame JACOB B. HARTMAN. having asill-opening covered. by it lid, L, of Y'Vitnesses: separable extendedguide strips, a Series of H. B. SWARTZ, sliding blind-sections, andamovoble panel- C. M. YooUM.

